Trump Impeachment Witness Sondland, US Settle Fees Breach Suit

Feb. 26, 2025, 2:19 PM UTC

Former EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and the US government settled a dispute over attorneys’ fees related to his testimony in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, the parties told a federal court.

The parties reached an agreement Feb. 21 and will jointly stipulate to dismissal after Sondland receives the government’s payment, they told the US Court of Federal Claims in a Tuesday joint status report. The filing didn’t reveal the settlement amount. Judge Loren A. Smith stayed the case pending payment, according to the docket.

Sondland “simply sought to hold the government accountable to him for the clear and ...

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